Portia: Beating the Odds #4: Mother's Day Edition
We?re honoring women who beat the odds as teenage mothers and went on to enjoy extraordinary success. Sherri J. became a mother at 14 years old. She went on to build a million-dollar empire and her daughter Janaya Burke is following in her footsteps. Elsie Theodore became pregnant when she was just a sophomore in high school. She breaks down the trials and triumphs of being a teenage mom, and what we can do as a village to better support teen mothers.
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Portia: Beating the Odds #4: Mother's Day Edition

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